Live updates: Vance and Rubio to hold meeting on Greenland as Trump faces Venezuela war powers vote

The government of Greenland and Denmark’s defense ministry announced there would be an increased military presence in and around Greenland starting today, citing “security tensions.”

Denmark said that as part of this increased presence in the Arctic and the North Atlantic, the Danish Armed Forces were “deploying capacities and units in connection with exercise activities from today, which will result in an increased military presence in and around Greenland of aircraft, ships and soldiers, including from NATO allies, in the coming period.”

It comes as Vice President JD Vance is set to host a meeting today with the Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart Vivian Motzfeldt, alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as President Donald Trump continues to voice his desire to take over the self-governing territory.

Expanded exercise activities in Greenland could include guarding critical infrastructure, providing assistance to Greenlandic authorities, including the police, receiving allied troops, deploying fighter aircraft in and around Greenland, and naval operations, the Danish defense ministry said in a statement.

The Greenlandic government said the purpose of the increased military presence was to “train the ability to operate under the unique Arctic conditions and strengthen the (NATO) alliance’s footprint in the Arctic for the benefit of both European and transatlantic security.”

This post has been updated with additional information.